Where does “homodeletion” come from?
homodeletion (English) comes from English homozygous, from English -zygous, from English ous, from English ou, from Afrikaans ou, from Dutch oud, from Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch ald — to grow, nourish.
homodeletion (English): A type of chromosomal deletion where both copies (alleles) of a particular DNA sequence are lost from an individual's genome
Definitions
- A type of chromosomal deletion where both copies (alleles) of a particular DNA sequence are lost from an individual's genome
Ancestry of “homodeletion”, step by step
homodeletion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English homozygous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | homozygous | Of an organism in which both copies of a given... |
| 2 | English | -zygous | Having or originating from a specified state as a... |
| 3 | English | ous | plural of ou |
| 4 | English | ou | A probably extinct species of Hawaiian... |
| 5 | Afrikaans | ou | An old fellow, guy, bloke; attributive form of... |
| 6 | Dutch | oud | old |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | out | old |
| 8 | Old Dutch | ald | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |
via English deletion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | deletion | An item that has been or will be deleted; The act... |
| 2 | Latin | dēlētiō | annihilation, destruction |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |